Though nobody has tagged me with this, I’ve seen it on lots of sites and thought it was fun.  Feel free to consider yourself tagged if you’d like to do it to.

Bold for stuff you’ve done, italics for stuff you plan to do one day, and normal for stuff you’re not planning on doing.

Afghan/Blanket (baby sized)
I-cord
Garter stitch
Knitting with metal wire
Shawl
Stockinette stitch
Socks: top-down
Socks: toe-up
Knitting with camel yarn- I was sorely tempted by this in Vancouver, but the Fleece Artist sock yarn threatened to beat up the camel yarn if I brought it home instead.  The Fleece Artist won.
Mittens: Cuff-up If starting and ripping counts, I’ve done 1/2 of one of these!
Mittens: Tip-down
Hat
Knitting with silk
Moebius band knitting
Participating in a KAL
Sweater
Drop stitch patterns - Clappy is calling my name!
Knitting with recycled/secondhand yarn – Tried this one – too much work for me!
Slip stitch patterns
Knitting with banana fiber yarn
Domino knitting (modular knitting)
Twisted stitch patterns
Knitting with bamboo yarn - Got some, but it hasn’t figured out what it wants to be when it grows up yet!
Two end knitting – Huh?
Charity knitting – If knitting for someone else’s comfort counts as charity knitting, which I think it does!
Knitting with soy yarn - see bamboo
Cardigan
Toy/doll clothing- toy duck with a hat – times two
Knitting with circular needles- exclusively!
Knitting with your own handspun yarn - for sure one day!
Slippers - Fiber Trends clogs in the near future
Graffiti knitting (knitting items on, or to be left on the street)
Continental knitting – tried it, can’t do it!
Designing knitted garments - socks!
Cable stitch patterns (incl. Aran)
Lace patterns- in socks, of course!
Publishing a knitting book – I’ll leave that to Alison!
Scarf
American/English knitting (as opposed to continental)                                                            Knitting to make money – Yeah, like there’s money in knitting!
Button holes
Knitting with alpaca
Fair Isle knitting
Norwegian knitting
Dyeing with plant colors
Knitting items for a wedding – Seriously contemplated wedding socks for Little Sis and her man, but decided I didn’t have time to order yarn and knit it.
Household items (dishcloths, washcloths, tea cozies…) – pillow!
Knitting socks (or other small tubular items) on two circulars - exclusively!
Olympic knitting
Knitting with someone else’s handspun yarn
Knitting with DPNs
Holiday related knitting
Teaching a male how to knit – helped 2 groups of 5th grade boys and girls learn to knit!
Bobbles - learned how to make them, but never used them, as I’m not a big fan
Knitting for a living – my greatest wish, however, see knitting for money
Knitting with cotton
Knitting smocking
Dyeing yarn
Steeks – as God is my witness, I shall steek!
Knitting art
Fulling/felting
Knitting with wool
Textured knitting
Kitchener BO
Purses/bags
Knitting with beads
Swatching – done it, but avoid it if I can!
Long Tail CO
Entrelac
Knitting and purling backwards
Machine knitting – I can’t see the fun in this!
Knitting with self-patterning/self-striping/variegating yarn
Stuffed toys
Baby items
Knitting with cashmere - can we say Cashmere taste on a Red Heart budget?
Darning – I’m with the Harlot on this one!
Jewelry
Knitting with synthetic yarn
Writing a pattern
Gloves
Intarsia
Knitting with linen
Knitting for preemies
Tubular CO
Freeform knitting
Short rows
Cuffs/fingerless mitts/arm warmers
Pillows
Knitting a pattern from an online knitting magazine
Rug
Knitting on a loom
Thrummed knitting – But probably not while living in NC!
Knitting a gift
Knitting for pets
Shrug/bolero/poncho
Knitting with dog/cat hair – Not purposely, but there’s usually some in the projects I finish!
Hair accessories
Knitting in public

Wow – looking at that list, it looks like I’ve done a lot in the last 3.5 years.  If you’d have asked me about it back then, I would have been hard pressed to consider most of those things, but I’m constantly seeing new things I want to try.  Shawls are next on the list – I’m just waiting for my copy of Alison’s book (signed, no less!) to get my first one going.  I also would have laughed if you had ever told me I’d be so into socks – I finished my first ones sometime in mid-2004, and have now done over 60 pairs!

Mom’s socks are done, but I haven’t gotten a picture yet.  I also started a pair of socks for Mark – to his exacting specifications – brownish, ribbed, stretchy, with a cable down both sides just to the ankle, and a short-row heel.  Also kind of tall.  He picked out some beautiful Cherry Tree Hill Supersock when we were in Charleston – it’s called Earth, and it’s greens, browns, and blues.  It’s gorgeous.  It’s also not enough to make him a pair, though it’s 420 yards – I’m more than halfway through the yarn by weight and haven’t finished the first sock yet.  And guess what – turns out that the yarn he picked is a “Potluck” – here’s what I found about Potluck – “CTH’s Handpainted Potluck colors come in 6 color schemes, including Purples/Blues, Greens/Blues, Brights, Jewel, Earth, and Watercolors.  Within each of the 6 color schemes are a multitide of different colors- so if you order Watercolor, you will get a muted, watercolor-type colorway, but it could be blues, greens, pinks, or a mixture of colors!  It’s a nice way to have a vague idea of what you are getting, but still get a surprise in the mail!”  OK, a surprise in the mail is not what we need in this case.  I called back to Knit in Charleston, and they have another one, though the woman on the phone vaguely referred to purples when describing it.  So we’ll see.  And in the meantime, a $22 pair of socks has turned into a $49 pair of socks!  Not that I mind that, but these are for a man who insisted that $28 Jitterbug was just too expensive!

While I’m waiting for the rest of the yarn (I have to see what it looks like before I can go any further), I’m working on a pair of socks for me in Online Supersocke Tropic 926.  It has some seriously wild color combos – purple, red, orange lavender, bright yellow, sage green, tan, and white – and it is stunning!  And it doesn’t look rainbow-y in the least.

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